
Join reader-comedians Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim for a fun, digressive trip through the Kurt Vonnegut canon. It’s a book club, a comedy show, and a cavalcade of smart, entertaining segments. Discover Vonnegut works you’ve never read! Rediscover your Kurt favorites! And cure the terrible disease of loneliness by going on a K.V. appreciation deep dive with a friendly karass of your fellow listen... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 29 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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| Category | Comedy | ||||

Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new nonfiction book 'The Writer's Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five'! If this isn't nice, what is? The book is written by Tom Rosto... more
Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new documentary 'Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time'! If this isn't nice, what is? The documentary is by co-directors Robert B. Weide and Don Argott. Here's its websi... more
Alex Schmidt and Michael Swaim, the original Kurt Vonneguys, are back to break down the new 'Slaughterhouse-Five' graphic novel! If this isn't nice, what is? The graphic novel is by writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys. Publisher page: https:/... more
Franken-Time (00:01:20) Essay Time (00:04:25) VonneART (00:05:10) Ad Time (00:40:25) Kurt Blurt (00:54:05) Recurring Characters Update (01:09:40) Kurt Cameo (01:09:55) VonneWHAT (01:10:15) The Meat (01:13:25) VonneGRADES (01:18:45) Related Reading (0... more
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I have only just discovered this amazing podcast - it’s fantastic
Really well done and entertaining, I’m just not sure they understand everything that Vonnegut was trying to say. I started with the episode on Slaughterhouse Five, and the discussion of the book was well done but when they tried exploring some of the deeper meanings it was clear they didn’t really get some of it. The segment where they try to discuss sexism and racism was pretty cringey only because they view it through an extreme leftist lens. Anything that wasn’t positive about women was sexis... more
This podcast got me excited about reading again
I don't even have the words - just a fantastic podcast by two incredibly smart and funny guys about the quintessential smarty and funny guy.
I wanna hear your views on the new Documentary out soon!!!!
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